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Clearing the Pond Path
A few pictures of the Tuesday morning volunteers clearing the Pond Path - the continuation of the rhododendron bed running from the pond up towards new car park.
Photography Workshop on Friday 30th June
Clearing the Rope Walk Steps
Our gardener and his young assistant are taking in hand the Rope Walk, the pathway that rises from Broadlands up besides the allotments to the gardens. Gary and Charlie would be most grateful for donations of shrubs and plants for this area. We are assured that...
Grand Opening Ceremony update
In compliance with the rules associated with our Heritage Lottery Grant a fixed sum of money has been set aside to provide a substantial public event to mark the completion of work on the Castle - a grand opening ceremony. Planned for June 30th 2017 the event was to...
William Sears Memorial Bench
William Sears oversaw the building and garden works in the 1930s from his office which is now the Gardener's Hut above the Italian Garden. There was once a memorial bench dedicated to him, but all that remained of it was a number of broken pieces scattered round the...
Easter Fun in the Gardens
Springtime views
New Trees
To improve views from the H bench on the top path a couple of larch trees have recently been felled along with a holly that was growing sideways into one of our star weeping beech trees. The cotoneaster near the Castle that’s suddenly died has been taken out too. So 4...
Winter Update
Have you walked through the gardens lately, maybe stopped a moment to look around? The hand of a gardener is clearly to be seen in the swept steps, pruned shrubs and in places wholesale cutting back to reveal clear boundaries and long views. Seedling trees and shrubs...